U-M research hits $1B in 2009, including $218M in federal stimulus

The University of Michigan is hitting research funding heights so high that they are getting harder and harder to measure.Excerpt:One billion is quite the number. That includes nine zeros, takes up 10 digits, and when talking about money makes an awful lot of people happy.Those people are involved in research at the University of Michigan, which crossed the $1 billion mark, and included $218 million in federal stimulus cash, for research spending last year. It’s a first for U-M.”It has a substantial impact in accelerating the programs we have already,” says Stephen Forrest, vice president for research at the University of Michigan. An audio link of his presentation to the U-M Board of Regents about the university’s research efforts can be found here.Read the rest of the story here.